Shutdown was more about defying Trump than about DACA

Count me in if you believe the “Schumer Shutdown” was more about sticking it to President Trump than it ever was about DACA … and that it’s proof positive that Democrats are masters of political deceit and deception.

Also count me in if you also believe:

* The disdain and disrespect Chuck Schumer and his cohorts have for our duly elected president of the United States borders on hatred and, as they’ve demonstrated time and again, they’ll do practically anything to destroy him and his presidency. (This includes their latest trick: Coming out of closed-door meetings with fabricated accounts of what was and was not said.)

* Schumer & Co. could not care less about protecting our country from the abuses of chain migration, sanctuary cities and the visa lottery system. They care only about expanding their party’s power by creating as many voters as possible who consider themselves beholden to the Democratic National Committee.

* Democrats pulled a fast one when they used funding for the wall to get DACA attached to the spending bill, especially when everyone knew that Congress has until March to come up with a solution to the thorny DACA issue.

* If the US is to remain a sovereign nation, its citizens a have a right to expect their country to enforce its borders and immigration laws.

Finally, count me in if you also believe the DNC’s media allies — including USA TODAY — have been working overtime trying to pin “Schumer’s Shutdown” on President Trump and the GOP.